Gu1tar K1d posts

I know the problem is basic, but I'm tearing my hair out having read multiple troubleshooting guides, so I thought I'd try this before I pay silly money for a service.

I put some Ernie Baller Slinky Cobalt's on my guitar (2005 Epiphone Les Paul Standard) a few months ago, and could not get the g string to ring out. I tried adjusting the bridge, the saddle, cleaning out the nut, restringing the string... nothing. Eventually I tried a different string which for some reason worked perfectly the first time, assumed it was a dud string, and left it.

Months later, it's time for a string change, so I've grabbed some Slinky Paradigms, and am faced with the exact same problem as before. I have tried:

All of the above, with maybe a very slight exception for the latter, have no effect. The string is equally muted on all frets, with no buzz, and seems to have very restricted vibration around the nut. It is extremely tight to bend. It remains muted even when very loosely tuned. The same happens when the string is pulled into the nut for the B string, which I did to see if it could ring out in other nut slots.

I know the problem is basic, but I'm tearing my hair out having read multiple troubleshooting guides, so I thought I'd try this before I pay silly money for a service.

I put some Ernie Baller Slinky Cobalt's on my guitar (2005 Epiphone Les Paul Standard) a few months ago, and could not get the g string to ring out. I tried adjusting the bridge, the saddle, cleaning out the nut, restringing the string... nothing. Eventually I tried a different string which for some reason worked perfectly the first time, assumed it was a dud string, and left it.

Months later, it's time for a string change, so I've grabbed some Slinky Paradigms, and am faced with the exact same problem as before. I have tried:

Raising and lowering the bridge

Moving the saddle into various positions

Cleaning out and slightly widening the nut

Restringing the string

Testing the string height to make sure there is no contact on the frets

Pulling the string to one side behind the nut and picking

All of the above, with maybe a very slight exception for the latter, have no effect. The string is equally muted on all frets, with no buzz, and seems to have very restricted vibration around the nut. It is extremely tight to bend. It remains muted even when very loosely tuned. The same happens when the string is pulled into the nut for the B string, which I did to see if it could ring out in other nut slots.

Tabbed out this entire song except the one chord. At the end of the chorus, she sings "I want to play a fair game" twice, and the first time under "play" at 1:01 there's a chord I can't get for the life of me. The second time around it's a simple C, and it's driving me a bit nuts. Thanks for any help!

Homophobia? An amazing difference across human cultures, and highly relevant today what with the recent "gay propaganda" laws that are so controversial in Russia and the Draconian laws enacted in Uganda and Nigeria.... While at the very same time in the West we are rapidly moving to accepting gay marriage and homophobic behavior is almost completely condemned...

The same through history, with a variety of nations and cultures being either accepting (Japan, Greece, various Amerind tribes) or condemning (General among "Abrahamic" religions).

You can even work in the whole "born gay" or "llfestyle choice" arguments.

That could certainly work, I'll give it a think. I'm not sure if we're marked more harshly for essays on subjects we've already covered if it's an independent choice, but if we're not then I think there could be a lot of value in homophobia with regards to the contemporary.

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]Does it have to be something relevant to contemporary society?

Absolutely not, no. It could be literally anything I want to write about. My instinct was to lean towards something more modern to allow me to create a more engaging essay from a social standpoint, but that was more for convenience rather than necessity.

EDIT: On reflection, it wasn't a smart idea considering the amount of texts available for older, more established texts and ideas I could defend/attack. So yeah, anything goes. :P

One of my university modules requires me to come up with a 3000 word essay on a philosophical topic of my choosing. I'm really struggling to nail anything down, however - I always have difficulty selecting an answer to such an open ended question. Is there anything relevant to society at the minute that you guys would think could make a really interesting philosophy essay? Something to do with the madness in Ukraine, for example? Any ideas to bounce off the walls of my brain would be appreciated.

Is there a particular name for the technique of taking evidence used to prove a point in one topic and employing that evidence yourself to prove a different, unrelated point in another? I'm not talking about plagiarism I think I heard Hitchens use the phrase "______ evidence" in his debate with Tony Blair, but I'm buggered if I can find it now.

Does anyone know how to remove a program that refuses to uninstall itself, and I am unable to access in a folder? Java is refusing to install itself on my system, and I believe this is because I can't get rid of an old version called Java 7 Update 9. Uninstalling it through the Programs bit on the Control Panel does nothing - it runs through the uninstallation process and then just stays there. I can't manually delete the program because I can't see the damn folder. It's in C/Windows/Installer/*programname*.msi, and when I enter the Windows folder in the C partition I can't see this folder. Anyone got an idea for a fix?

Just dug out my old Squier Strat from my attic as a back-up guitar while I'm not at uni, and I'm a little worried at how dehydrated the fretboard is. I've gotten all of the dirt off the neck, and there's streaks of what I think the actual color should be across a fretboard that is much paler than I remember it being.

I can't get to a guitar shop for a good couple of days, and in any case I'm very wary of picking up a fretboard product that just makes it shiny on the top. The only truly 'natural' oil I can get hold of that might work is some coconut oil, but there seems to be some disagreement whether or not it would be beneficial. Any help?

Started my first reset two days ago and am already on more cookies than I was after playing for a good few weeks the first time round. The Grandmapocalypse is making me absolute bank with these new wrinklers, too.

Click cookie to get cookies. Stuff on the right you can buy with cookies to get more cookies. More stuff you have making cookies, more cookies you make per second, which lets you get more stuff that makes cookies.

Searched, found nothing. Been leaving this running in the background for the last few days, and it's bizarrely addictive. Plus, I figured the potential to make literally quadrillions of cookies per second would be a quality met with general nods of approval even from the depths of The Pit.

You work out what you're good at, and then look at the university rankings for subjects that involve a lot of what you're good at. That's the obvious way in my head, anyway. If you haven't already started working towards a specific course, like Medicine/Architecture or whatever.

I've recently moved into my uni house for the next two years, and I'm looking for some speakers that I can connect to my laptop (wired or wireless, not bothered) and play along to with the amp in. I'm currently using headphones and playing unplugged, and my amp is staring angrily at me with an accusing look on its face.

I'm not overly familiar with the terminology of speakers or hi-fi systems with regards to how much bass/wattage etc is enough to support a Blackstar HT-5C, so I was hoping some of you could help me. I'd be able to play reasonably loud (think 2/2.5 on the volume knob) as I've got tolerant house-mates, but I won't need a 16-inch subwoofer or anything. Maximum price would probably be about £50.